The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-06-23

towns just named require fron swsnsy
to thirty animals TO h0rse them, and the
average value Of these animals cannot
be less than E6O apiece. Il 10 NO nm.
common price 70 70 give $50 to &1ao for
q good "wheeler;" and scarcely one
The loss upon the best Of them
often rises to Fl 900 for the season, even
where the fare ID Fl or 81 b for return
journey, which may be accomplished by
railway for less than half that sum. But
In an English railway car running forty
Ave 70 sixty miles IN hour you lash
across the country without time 70 zee ite
beauties. By coach you are taken through
landscapes whose roughness makes them
to be avoided by the railways, though It
adds largely to their love1lness. Very
few Londoners, who only travel BY rail.
way, know anything Of the beauties that
are to be found within thirty miles Of
their own dwelling.houses. noel
hardly add that these private coaches are
all worked" by rich men, with taste
for horsehesh. Wet or shine, most Of
them stick to their box all through the
season.
Respecting these swell 'whips," can
recount true story. Lord Beehive had
Just brought his drag to the well-known
in Piccadilly. It was . wet day, and he
and big buttons, looking not unlike an
ordinary cab driver. While standing in
the bar he was seen by . warm hearted
Lancashire man, who said "Cubby,
you look cold; have . drink" s.Thanks,"
replied his lOrdship, II generally pay for
myself" 'Nay, mar" said the other,
"then you've . proud stomach, for
never yet saw coachmAn that would
not take q drink" Lord Bective ct
length yielded, took the proffered liquor,
and found that his Lancashire friend
was q rough, self-made man, who owned
. small shooting estate adjoining his lord
ships paternal acres In the north Of Eng
land.
The English funds-three per cent.
consols-have this week reached .
higher figure than has ever been known
since their creation in 1851. They have
touched 103&. The lowest price to which
they have fallen was in 1646, the year Of
revolutions, when they sold for 65. At
the present moment, therefore, British
credit stands high, and money is dirt
cheap. 1t can be borrowed in the open
market for less than one per cent. It 10
only half per cent. for the day; three
quarters per cent. for fixtures; and one
per cent. for three-months' bills A DIFF
ferent proof of the cheapness of money
may be found in the price list Of recent
west end wine sale, when some magnums
double bottles) Of champagne sold for
f40 the dozen.
1t is owing to the plentiful supply of
money in the English market that the
London Stock Exchange 10 Just now
being flooded with 80 many new public
companies. Some Of them are 90 OBJ
viously intended to pluck the speculative
pigeon that ones surprise is excited not
at the promised amount Of interest, but
ct the audacity Of the promoters. Many
Of them are Australian gold miners, for
though the market had huge disappoint-
ments with these attractions some months
since, new ventures are being brought
out. Many Of these gilded pills win prove
heavy Of digestion.
standing and vexatious question to the
for the girls Of the middle class 10, in
deed, serious problem. 1t is cheering,
therefore, to learn that some one has
struck upon the idea of employing
women q house decorators. In the
handsome house of Mrs. Avant, In VIC
toria street, ID . charming collection Of
artistic work for beautifying our houses.
There are designs for walls, windows,
furniture; there are also specimens Of
painted glass, wood carvings and hang
ings-all showing the great advance
which 10 now being made in English
domestic art. Every field Of labor that
is opened for the employment Of women,
especially of well-educated women,
WIN be welcomed by the heads Of fam
lilies.
While Parliament 10 debating what II
shall do for the good Of Ireland, Mrs.
Ernest Hart, wife of the well-known
doctor, is doing great work In Donegal.
Three years ago she started upon her
self-imposed task with good heart and
. few pounds Of yarn. This years
turnout Of her cottage industries win
reach 100, 1000 yards Of homespun. Eight
huA 3red persons are employed In this
work, and in knitting embroidery
and lace making. Many Of the yarns
are colored with dyes extracted from na-
tive hchens and bog plants.